Monday, September 22, 2014

1925 SEVEN WONDERLANDS OF THE AMERICAN WEST BY THOS. D. MURPHY ~ ILLUSTRATED BY THOMAS MORAN AND HENRY H. BAGG

1925 FIRST EDITION

SEVEN WONDERLANDS OF THE AMERICAN WEST
BEING THE NOTES OF A TRAVELER CONCERNING VARIOUS PILGRIMAGES TO THE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, THE YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, THE GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, ZION NATIONAL PARK, GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK, AND THE PETRIFIED FORESTS OF ARIZONA

BY THOS. D. MURPHY

WITH 32 REPRODUCTIONS IN COLOR FROM ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY THOMAS MORAN AND HENRY H. BAGG
AND 24 HALFTONES FROM PHOTOGRAPHS
ALSO MAPS OF THE NATIONAL PARKS COVERED BY THIS BOOK

*** RARE OLD BOOK ~ PICTORIAL FINE BINDING ~ EXQUISITE COLOR AND PHOTO ILLUSTRATIONS ~ AMERICAN OLD WEST ~ NATURAL WONDERS ~ NATIONAL PARKS ~ TETONS ~ WILDERNESS ~ CANYONS ~ LAKES ~ GEYSERS ~ CLASSIC US TRAVEL AND HISTORY ~ MAPS ***

Publisher:
Boston: L. C. Page & Company, 1925.

Features:
• First Edition - First Impression stated on copyright page, no additional printings listed
• large book measures about 9.5'' x 6.5''
• beautiful publisher's brown ribbed decorative cloth hardcover fine binding
• pictorial embossed gold gilt and green pictorial stamping
• textblock top edge gilt
• frontispiece with tissue-guard
• illustrated with 56 full-page plates in color and halftone as well fold-out maps

Thursday, September 11, 2014

1921 VITALOGY; OR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HEALTH AND HOME ADAPTED FOR HOME AND FAMILY USE BY GEO. P. WOOD AND E. H. RUDDOCK

1921

VITALOGY

OR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HEALTH AND HOME
ADAPTED FOR HOME AND FAMILY USE

BEACON LIGHTS FOR OLD AND YOUNG, SHOWING HOW TO SECURE
HEALTH, LONG LIFE, SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS, FROM
THE ABLEST AUTHORITIES IN THIS COUNTRY,
EUROPE AND JAPAN

BY GEO. P. WOOD AND E. H. RUDDOCK

*** RARE BOOK ~ HANDSOME OLD LEATHER BINDING ~ COLOR PLATES ~ HOME REMEDIES ~ HERBAL MEDICINE ~ FOLK RECIPES ~ TREATMENT OF WOUNDS AND DISEASE ~ CLASSIC MEDICAL ***

Chicago and New York: Vitalogy Association, 1921.

• large book measures about 10'' x 6.57''
• handsome publisher's decorative 3/4 leather binding
• embossed gold gilt stamping
• marble patterned endpapers
• illustrated with full-page color and monochrome plates, a layered die-cut "manikin" showing bones, tissues, muscles, arteries, veins, and internal organs, as well as a layered die-cut head showing internal cranium physiology and a phrenologist's head

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

1887 ATALA BY FRANCOIS-RENE DE CHATEAUBRIAND ~ ILLUSTRATED BY GUSTAVE DORE

1887

ATALA
BY FRANCOIS-RENE DE CHATEAUBRIAND

TRANSLATED BY JAMES SPENCE HARRY
FROM FIRMIN DIDOT'S EDITION OF THE VISCOUNT'S WORKS

ILLUSTRATED BY GUSTAVE DORE

*** RARE LARGE ANTIQUE BOOK (13'' X 10'') ~ BEAUTIFUL FINE BINDING ~ ENGRAVINGS ~ EXQUISITE NORTH AMERICAN WOODLAND SCENERY ~ NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN WARS ~ SEMINOLE, MUSKOGEE (MUSCOGEE, CREEK) TRIBES ~ CLASSIC AMERICANA ***

Publisher:
Chicago and New York: Belford, Clarke & Co., 1887.

Features:
• large book measures about 13.25'' x 10''
• beautiful publisher's decorative cloth Victorian fine binding
• ornate embossed gold gilt and black stamping
• beveled edges to boards
• textblock all edges gilt
• patterned endpapers
• illustrated with 30 full-page engraved plates, plus a few part-page engravings, by Gustave Doré

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

1911 RESURRECTION BY LYOF N. TOLSTOI ~ ILLUSTRATED ~ STUNNING ART NOUVEAU FINE BINDING

1911

RESURRECTION
BY LYOF N. TOLSTOI
(LEO NIKOLAYEVICH TOLSTOY)

TRANSLATED BY ALINE P. DELANO

ILLUSTRATED

TWO VOLUMES IN ONE BOOK

*** RARE ANTIQUE EDITION ~ STUNNING ART NOUVEAU FINE BINDING ~ FULL-PAGE PLATES ~ RUSSIAN CLASSIC ***

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1911.

• measures about 8'' x 6''
• beautiful decorative light gray cloth Art Nouveau fine binding
• ornate embossed gold gilt, blue, and orange stamping
• textblock top edge gilt, deckle edges otherwise
• high-quality paper throughout
• frontispiece with tissue-guard
• extra vignette title page
• illustrated with full-page plates (18 in total)

Monday, September 8, 2014

1899 CAMP LIFE IN THE WOODS AND THE TRICKS OF TRAPPING AND TRAP MAKING BY W. HAMILTON GIBSON

1899

CAMP LIFE IN THE WOODS
AND THE TRICKS OF TRAPPING AND TRAP MAKING

BY W. HAMILTON GIBSON

ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR

*** RARE ANTIQUE EDITION ~ HANDSOME FINE BINDING ~ ILLUSTRATED ~ HUNTING ~ CAMP SHELTER ~ LOG HUTS ~ BARK SHANTIES ~ WOODLAND BEDS AND BEDDING ~ BOAT AND CANOE BUILDING ~ TRAPPERS' FOOD ~ BAIT RECIPES ~ STEEL TRAPS ~ TRAP CONSTRUCTION ~ FUR TRADE ~ CURING AND TANNING OF FUR SKINS ~ CLASSIC ~ ENGRAVINGS ***

New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1899.

• book measures about 7'' x 5.25''
• handsome publisher's decorative cloth fine binding
• embossed gold gilt lettering and pictorial brown-red stamping
• frontispiece
• illustrated throughout with engraved pictures and diagrams

Saturday, September 6, 2014

CA. 1905 ICELANDIC FAIRY TALES TRANSLATED BY MRS. A. W. HALL - ILLUSTRATED BY E. A. MASON - ART NOUVEAU FINE BINDING

CA. 1905

ICELANDIC FAIRY TALES

TRANSLATED BY MRS. A. W. HALL

WITH 22 ILLUSTRATIONS BY E. A. MASON

*** RARE ANTIQUE EDITION ~ ART NOUVEAU FINE BINDING ~ ILLUSTRATED ~ CLASSIC ~ FAIRIES ~ ORIGINAL DUST JACKET ***

New York: A. L. Burt Company Publishers, no date, circa 1905.

• book measures about 7.5'' x 5.25''
• gorgeous publisher's decorative cloth Art Nouveau fine binding
• embossed gold gilt lettering and embossed pictorial black and color stamping
• frontispiece
• illustrated with full-page and part-page pictures
• original antique paper dust jacket

Friday, September 5, 2014

CA. 1903 JANE EYRE BY CHARLOTTE BRONTE - ILLUSTRATED BY EDMUND H. GARRETT - ART NOUVEAU FINE BINDING

CA. 1903

JANE EYRE
BY CHARLOTTE BRONTE

ILLUSTRATED BY EDMUND H. GARRETT

*** RARE ANTIQUE EDITION ~ BEAUTIFUL ART NOUVEAU FINE BINDING ~ CLASSIC ~ VICTORIAN GOTHIC FICTION ***

London and Newcastle-on-Tyne: Walter Scott Publishing Co., no date, circa 1903.

• book measures about 8.25'' x 6''
• gorgeous publisher's decorative cloth Art Nouveau fine binding
• ornate embossed gilt, black, and color stamping using the split-fountain technique
• textblock all edges gilt
• coated charcoal gray endpapers
• frontispiece with tissue-guard
• illustrated with many part-page pictures throughout

Thursday, September 4, 2014

CA. 1899 COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS OF LORD BYRON IN THREE VOLUMES - RARE ART NOUVEAU FINE BINDING

CA. 1899

COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS OF LORD BYRON
IN THREE VOLUMES

*** RARE ANTIQUE EDITION ~ BEAUTIFUL ART NOUVEAU FINE BINDING ~ CLASSIC POETRY ***

Publisher:
London: George Routledge and Sons, no date, circa 1899.
Printed by the Motley Press, London.

Features:
• three volume set
• books measure about 8'' x 5.75''
• exquisite red ribbed cloth Art Nouveau fine binding - signed with designer's initials in gilt on spine, "F.C-T"
• ornate embossed gold gilt and blind stamping
• textblock top edge gilt